Luke Joyce’s Reviews > The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams – A Poignant Biography of Young Athletes, Inner-City Basketball, and the Fight to Escape Poverty > Status Update

STATIC VS. DYNAMIC: Stephon Marbury is a static person because he is always the best player on the court. He can also be a dynamic character because he is learning new stuff in class, new moves, and is growing but I think he is static because everywhere he goes he is the best player in the room at his position.

CONFLICT: The main characters in my book, which are all the players in the team is character v. self. All the characters are facing problems with their grades and they can't play if they have bad grades. Another thing they're facing is finding what college they want to play at because a lot of colleges are giving out offers and making close deadlines. The conflict in my book is character v. self.

PREDICTIONS: In my book I feel like the next thing that will happen is Tchaka will get recruited to a school that he will be featured in so will Russel. I predict this because in the last chapter and the start of chapter 7 it is talking about colleges and how Russel will be featured as a guard and Tchaka will be a big man. I predict that Tchaka and Russel will be recruited to big schools that they like.

POV: The point of view in my book is 1st person it is told by Stephon because he uses I and me. In my book is talking about another player named Corey who is good at dunking. Two other people that are important are his coaches at the playground Disco and Mr. Lou. Stephon is describing his coaches Mr. Lou and Disco the most.

PROTAGONIST: The main focuses in my book is Stephon Marbury's friends Tachka and Russel. Tachka and Stephon go to a camp for the top players in the US. Recruiters for colleagues are there, and Tachka is really good according to the recruiters. Russel is getting recruited also when they are playing in the summer league, a lot of the east schools want him. The main focuses in my book currently is Tachka and Russel.

SETTING(S): The settings in this book is Coney Island, Lincoln High School, and Indianapolis Nike Camp for college. It is in 1994 about Stephon Marbury. He lives in Coney Island and is really good at basketball. His friend, Tachka is 6'7 and is also really good. They go to the camp with all the other best kids from the country to compete to see if they can get recruited for a college or even the NBA later.